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The Dry

Author: Jane Harper  

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The Dry is the highest selling Australian debut in 2016.

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The Dry is the highest selling Australian debut in 2016.

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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ERIC BANA AS AARON FALK.The international debut bestseller from the author of Force of Nature and new novel The Survivors."A breathless pageturner ... A secret on every page" The New York Times"One of the most stunning debuts I've ever read ... Read it!" David Baldacci"Makes the Australian Outback come alive and breeds respect for its survivors" Bill ClintonWHO REALLY KILLED THE HADLER FAMILY?It hasn't rained in Kiewarra for two years. Tensions in the farming community become unbearable when three members of the Hadler family are discovered shot to death on their property. Everyone assumes Luke Hadler committed suicide after slaughtering his wife and six-year-old son.Federal Police investigator Aaron Falk returns to his hometown for the funerals and is unwillingly drawn into the investigation. As suspicion spreads through the town, Falk is forced to confront the community that rejected him twenty years earlier. Because Falk and his childhood friend Luke Hadler shared a secret, one which Luke's death threatens to unearth ...WINNER ABIA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017WINNER ABIA GENERAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017WINNER INDIE BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION 2017WINNER DAVITT AWARDS ADULT FICTION 2017WINNER DAVITT AWARDS READERS CHOICE 2017WINNER NED KELLY AWARD BEST FIRST FICTION 2017MORE PRAISE FOR THE DRY"I devoured it in just over 24 hours ... Spellbinding" Ian Rankin"Devastating debut ... a suspenseful tale of sound and fury" Publishers Weekly, starred review"A nail-biting thriller ... this fine debut will keep readers on edge and awake long past bedtime." Kirkus, starred review"Every so often a debut novel arrives that is so tightly woven and compelling it seems the work of a novelist in her prime. That's what Jane Harper has given us with The Dry" John Hart, New York Times bestselling author of Redemption Road"It's extremely rare and exciting to read a debut that enthralls from the very first page and then absolutely sticks the landing." C.J. Box, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Off The Grid"Australian author Harper's debut is a stunner." Booklist

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Awards

Winner of Indie Book Awards Debut Fiction 2017
Winner of Indie Book Awards Book of the Year 2017
Winner of ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year 2017
Winner of ABIA Book of the Year 2017
Winner of Ned Kelly Award Best First Fiction 2017
Winner of Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript 2015
Winner of CWA Gold Dagger Best Crime Novel 2017
Winner of Barry Award for Best First Novel 2018
Winner of Davitt Awards Reader's Choice 2017
Short-listed for Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year 2017

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About the Author

Jane Harper is the internationally bestselling author of the The Dry, Force of Nature, The Lost Man and The Survivors. Her books are published in forty territories worldwide, and The Dry has been adapted into a major motion picture starring Eric Bana. Jane has won numerous top awards including the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year, the Australian Indie Awards Book of the Year, the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel, and the British Book Awards Crime and Thriller Book of the Year. Jane worked as a print journalist for thirteen years both in Australia and the UK, and now lives in Melbourne with her husband and two children.

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Product Details

Publisher
Pan Macmillan Australia | Pan Australia
Published
28th February 2017
Pages
352
ISBN
9781925481372

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08 Apr, 2022
Thoroughly enjoyed it!
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09 Feb, 2021
Loved the story, loved the print and size of the book. Easy to hold in bed ?
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14 Jan, 2021
liked it but was disappointed didn’t find it page turning
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